Family Sayings
Michael shares listeners' stories about the significance of words and phrases passed down in their families. With Rob Drummond, author of You're All Talk: why we are what we speak.
Michael shares listeners' stories about the words and phrases passed down in their families that they keep using, and what they mean to them. With Rob Drummond, Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Met University, and author of You鈥檙e All Talk: why we are what we speak.
Producer Beth O'Dea, 91热爆 Audio Bristol
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